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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . EASTER HOLIDAYS . CHANNEL ISLANDS , i > fa WEYMOUTH . QUICKEST AND BEST ROUTE . SHORTEST SEA PASSAGE . ON 7 tb , 9 th and 11 th April , Cheap Tickets , available for 14 days , will be issued to Guernsey and Jersey , at Paddington , Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Battersea , Chelsea , West Bronipton , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , Uxbridge Boad , Hammersmith , Shepherd's Bush and Westbourne Park . Return fare 24 s 6 d , Third Glass and After Cabin . On 4 th April and following days , Cheap Third Class Return Tickets , available for use on the forward journey on either 7 th , 8 th , 9 th , 10 th or 11 th April , and for return to 13 th April inclusive , will be issned at the abovenamed Stations to Bath , Bristol , Minehead , llfracombe , Exeter , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , and other stations in the South and West of England . Excursions will leave Paddington as under : Wednesday , 6 th April . —To Waterford , Clonmel , Tipperary , Limerick , Kilkenny , Killarney , Armagh , iflnmskinen , Giants' Causeway , & c , allowing a fortnight or less . Thursday , 7 th April . —To Newbury , Devizes , to return 14 th , 15 th or 16 th April ; to Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , to return 11 th , 12 th or 15 th April ; to Wells , Yeovil , Bridport , Dorchester , Weymouth , Taunton , Minehead , Barnstaple , llfracombe , Exeter , Torquay , Plymouth , Bodmin , Newquay , Falmouth , St . Ives , Penzance , & c , to return 14 th , 15 th or 16 th April ; to Chipping Norton , Evesham , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Bath , Bristol , & c , to return 11 th or 12 th April ; to Clevedon and Westonsuper-Mare , to return 11 th , 12 th , 14 th , 15 th or 16 th April ; to Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Llanelly and Carmarthen , to return 11 th or 15 th April ; to Tenby , New Milford , & c , to return 11 th April ; to Cork , Killarney and Belfast , allowing a fortnight or less ; to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Manchester , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , & c , to return 11 th or 12 th April ; and to Shrewsbury , Hereford , Welshpool , Harlech , Aberystwyth , Langollen , Barmouth , Llandudno , Bettws-y-Coed , Carnarvon , & c , to return 11 th , 12 ch or 16 th April . Good Friday . —To Reading , Pangbourne , Cholsey , Oxford , & c , to return same day . Oxford Passengers can also return 11 th April . Saturday , 9 th April . —To Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , & c , to return 11 th or 12 th April ; to Cheltenham , Gloucester , & c , to return 15 th April ; and to Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , & c , to return 11 th or 15 th April . Easter Monday . —To Reading , Newbury , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingfoid , & c , to return same day ; to Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , & c , to return same day or 12 th April ; and to Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , to return same day or 13 th , 14 th or 15 th April . Tuesday , 12 th April . —Half-day trip to Shakespeare's Country . For Oxford , Leamington and Stratford-on-Avon . Cheap Third . Class Return Tickets will be issued by certain trains on Good Friday , Saturday , Easter Sunday and Monday , to Staines 2 / -, Windsor 2 / 6 , Maidenhead 3 / -, Henley 3 / 6 , Goring 6 / -, & o . Pamphlets , Excursion , Ordinary and Cheap Tickets , can be obtained at the Company ' s Stations , and the usual Receiving Offices . J . L . WILKINSON , General Manager .

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The Freemason ' s Chronicle . A Weekly Record of Masonic Intelligence . — : o : — Published every Saturday , Price 3 d . — : o : — rpHE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE "will be forwarded direct from I the Office , Fleet Works , Bulwer Road , New Barnet , on receipt of remittance for the amount . The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) are—Twelve Months , post free ... ... £ 0 13 6 Postal Orders to be made payable to W . W . MORGAN , at the New Barnet Office . Cheques crossed "London and South Western Bank . " — : o : — Scale of Charges for Advertisements . Page ... ... ... ... ... £ 10 10 0 Births , Marriages , and Deaths , Is per line . General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & c , narrow column , 5 s per inch . News column Advertisements Is per line . Special terms for a series of insertions or special positions on application .

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Cheshire Charity.

CHESHIRE CHARITY .

A MEETING of the Committee of Benevolence of the Province of Cheshire was held at Crewe on Wednes-

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day , 30 th ult ., Col . C . S . Dear presiding , when various petitions were dealt with . The case of Nathaniel Gee was recommended for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Bro . McLeod , from the Boys School , London , attended and gave some particulars as to the forthcoming Centenary of the

Institution , at which His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will preside . Accommodation would be provided , he said , for about 2 , 500 Stewards at the Albert Hall . He hoped that the Province of Cheshire would be well represented , and

that the success of the Festival would be an era in Masonic charity . Bro . Stevenson gave some interesting information of the work of the Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution among the sons and daughters of Masons .

New Zealand's Recognition.

NEW ZEALAND'S RECOGNITION .

r IP HE recognition of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand by JL Scotland in now within measurable distance , and only requires the adjusting of certain details , says " The Mallet , " in " Glasgow Evening News . " The Lodges in New Zealand are presently divided into five Districts , and it is required

that the New Grand Lodge will agree not to issue Charters for the erection of any new Lodge outside these districts . It is also a condition that all Brethren who shall continue members of Lodges remaining under the parent Constitution shall be fully recognised by the Grand Lodge of New Zealand .

The enthusiasm of individual Brethren in connection with the Centenary celebration of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was exemplified at the regular meeting of Urmston Lodge , No . 1730 , when Bro . Slyman intimated that whatever sum the Lodge gave , collectively , up to £ 100 ,

he would double . We are told this statement was received with cheers , and despite the fact that we are averse to applause in Freemasonry we cannot refrain from joining in with a hearty Bravo ! for Brother Slyman . May he have many imitators in his good deeds !

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

IT is with profound regret we record the demise of Brother Martin Thomas P . M . P . P . G . D . East Lancashire , which took place at his residence , Ducie Grove , Manchester , on Wednesday , oth ult . The news of his death did not come as a surprise , for Bro . Thomas had been ailing for some

considerable length of time , and only a year or two back was compelled to take a prolonged tour abroad for recuperative purposes . He had been an active worker in Manchester Masonic circles , and had twice occupied the chair of K . S ., once in the Caledonian Lodge , No . 204 , and also in the

Minnehaha Minstrel Lodge , No . 2363 , as first Master , 1890-1 . As one of the Founders of the latter Lodge it was mainly owing to his zeal that the musical services there have become so popular . For several years he had held the position of Secretary , which he relinquished only a short time ago , and

was appointed Charity Representative , holding that post at the time of his death . He had not aspired to the higher degrees of Masonry , contenting himself with the Royal Arch , and had passed the principal chairs of the Caledonian Chapter . He was interred at the Manchester Southern Cemetery , on

Monday , 14 th March , over 30 Brethren and friends attending at the graveside by way of showing a last mark of respect to one who had laboured hard in the cause of Freemasonry . Several beautiful wreaths had been sent , notably from the Lodges with which he was connected . The Minnehaha

Minstrel Lodge was represented by Past Masters beth Wrigley P . P . G . D ., F . W . Wollaston P . P . G . A . D . C , C . H . Beever , Hy . Nail P . P . G . Tr ., Fred Hilton P . P . G . D . C , Thos . Black ; Bros . Sam Luke J . W ., Jos . Hilton Treas ., S . H . Stubbs S . D ., F . Todd J . D ., J . Harrop , and E . Parnell .

IT is with regret we have to record the death of a highly respected tradesman of Burslem—Bro . Richard Benbow —which took place under painfully sudden circumstances early on Sunday , 20 th ult . A few weeks ago Bro . Benbow suffered from a sharp attack of bronchitis , but he seemed to

recover from this completely , and he was in his usual good spirits until Saturday evening . After tea , however , he experienced great difficulty in breathing , and went to bed , and rapidly became worse , expiring shortly after midnight .

His decease has caused much sorrow among his brother tradesmen , who held him in high esteem . He was a prominent and one of the oldest members of the Sutherland Lodge .